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Marc Jacobs handbag, available at Addison Craig
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • July 22, 2014
Hot Flash: Orange is the new black

To get the most of fun summer colors, BT explored local stores to see what they had to offer in one of Pantone's favorite summery hue: orange.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Emarie and Petr Marcan
  • July 21, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: MSC Foundation Mid-Year Grant Giving Ceremony

PHOTO GALLERY: MSC Foundation Mid-Year Grant Giving Ceremony

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Jennifer Yuza paints Alexis Connolly’s nails.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • July 21, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Girls Inc. visits the Ritz Carlton Spa

Girls of Girls Inc. spent an afternoon at the Ocean Breeze Salon and Spa Monday, July 21, at the Ritz Carlton. The visit allowed the girls to learn more about skincare and beauty products. After trying out new hairstyles and makeup tricks, the girls enjoyed some pampering including temporary hair extensions and fresh lemonade. The girls run a salon in the Girls Inc.'s micro-community, Dream Harbor, and were excited to share what they were taught with their customers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • July 21, 2014
Visit Sarasota County to move to Lemon Avenue

After announcing their move from its current location on North Tamiami, Visit Sarasota County will move downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • July 21, 2014
Interim Regional Chancellor selected for USF

Vice-chancellor Terry Osborn will take the role of Arthur M. Guildford after he announced his retirement from University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee, in January.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mote researchers tagged Katharine in August 2013 on the M/V OCEARCH. (Robert Snow Photography)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2014
Katharine the shark pings to east of Daytona Beach

Mote scientists tagged the 2,300-pound great white shark last August, near Cape Cod, Mass.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Robert Gibbs was hired by the city in April to study the optimal mix of businesses in four areas: St. Armands Circle, downtown, the Rosemary District and the Martin Luther King Jr. Way corridor.
    By
  • David Conway
  • July 21, 2014
Retail survey shows room for growth

Robert Gibbs, a consultant hired by the city to conduct a retail analysis of several districts in Sarasota, is presenting his findings at a series of meetings Monday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • July 21, 2014
School Board to consider universal free breakfast for qualified schools

The Sarasota County School Board will hold its first public hearing about a federal program for free breakfast tomorrow.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Vice Mayor Jack Duncan called his decision to not seek a third term “a tough decision” in an email Sunday.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 21, 2014
Vice Mayor Duncan won't seek a third term

Vice Mayor Jack Duncan made the decision while on vacation in North Carolina not to seek a third and final term in March.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mote Marine Laboratory staff biologist Rebeccah Hazelkorn and public relations coordinator Hayley Rutger navigate the Stranding Investigation Program’s new 13-foot Boston Whaler out the canals of City Island.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 21, 2014
VIDEO: Mote's stranding program gets boost from grant

Thanks to a roughly $12,000 grant from the Sea Turtle Grant Program, Mote Marine Laboratory's Stranding Investigations Program will no longer have to rely on Jet Skis for marine rescues and recoveries.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Manatee County School District now ranks 37th among the state's 67 districts.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • July 21, 2014
Manatee County School District moves up in state district rankings

The Manatee County School District moved up three spots since last year, to rank 37 among the state's 67 school districts, Superintendent Rick Mills announced July 21.

  • East County
  • News
"The Sty of the Blind Pig" runs through Aug. 3, at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • July 21, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'Sty of the Blind Pig'

The Banyan Theater's current production of Phillip Hayes Dean's "Sty of the Blind Pig" explores a time when it seemed like change would never come.

  • Arts + Culture
A Siesta Key property known as Snook Inn sold for $10 million last year, making it the largest residential sale in Sarasota.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 21, 2014
Sarasota named among top small towns for luxury homebuyers

Christie's International Real Estate names the city of Sarasota one of 10 'Jewel Box' enclaves in its report on luxury housing markets in 2013.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Witnesses say a man in a black ski mask wielding a semi-automatic handgun robbed the Subway at 1154 N. Washington Blvd. Saturday.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 21, 2014
Authorities seek armed robbery suspect

The Sarasota Police Department is looking for a man suspected robbing a Subway on North Washington Boulevard at gunpoint Saturday night.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Detectives are looking for a thin black male who was last seen wearing a light-colored T-shirt, shorts and a Miami Heat hat.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 20, 2014
VIDEO: Police investigate assault on SCAT passenger

The Sarasota Police Department is investigating an incident in which a man allegedly brandished a box-cutter knife at a woman ignoring his advances on a Sarasota County Area Transit bus.

  • Sarasota
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